Combined plug and faucet.



J. B. & w. H. HOWELL.

COMBINED PLUG AND; PAUGBT. APPLICATION rmm JAN. 30, mm.

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Patented Sept. 8, 1914., 4

To all whom it may concern ment -is made, the body of the faucet beingUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E'. HOWELL AND WILLIAM H. HONELL, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

COMBINED PLUG AND r'AUoE'r.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented SepuS, 1914.

Be it known that we, Jenn E. HOWELL and lVlLLIAM H. HOWELL, citizens of.the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and Stateof Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Plug and Faucet, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined plug and faucet, and has for itsobject to provide an article useful as an appliance for casks, barrels,cans or tanks employed for the shipment of oil or other liquids.

The invention has reference to the adjustable mounting of the faucet inthe head or other wall of the tank or receptacle, so that it willoperate as a plug at the time the shipdisposed within the receptacle atthis time as a protection from injury, the mounting being such that thefaucet may thereafter be reversed for use in the withdrawal of theliquid contents from the receptacle.

The invention includes certain novel features of construction wherebyleakage will be prevented when the device is applied to the receptacleas a plug, and when used as a faucet will operate to advantage toprevent dripping or leakage, the parts being so constructed that theyw1ll be durable and convenientin use, and economical in manufacture.

With the foregoing objects in view and others to be mentioned theinvention presents a novel and useful construction, combination andarrangement of parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustratedin the drawing wherein,

Figurel is a side elevation of the device mounted interiorly of a caskor container for use as a plug, the wall of the container being brokenaway. Fig. 2 is a. view of the device in longitudinal section. In thisView the device is illustrated as disposed exteriorly of the container,and used as a faucet, Fig. is a side view of the valve stem.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, numeral4 indicates a wall of a cask, tank or other receptacle used for thepurpose of containing oil or other; liquids to be shipped; and in orderthat a device may be provided for the receptacle which will operate as aplug at the time the tacle to operate a faucet for withdrawing thecontents, certain partsare employed now to be mentioned in detail.

At 5 is indicated an interiorly threaded sleeve which may be secured inthe wall 4 of the receptacle in any suitable manner, and provided with atransverse bearing wall a projecting inwardly from its threaded wall Z),wall (1 preferably being provided with an annular recess 0 forcontaining a gasket 5 consisting of a ring, rectangular in crosssectionand constructed of a yielding or malleable metal. i

The cylindrical body of the faucet is shown at 6, its chamber beingindicated at d. One of the ends of body portion 6 is provided with anexpanded terminal or annular flange 7, its opposite end being interiorlythreaded.

At 8 is indicated a valve-stem having a handle 9 at one of its ends, itsopposite end being provided with a boss 6 and formed, outwardly of theboss, with an annular projection, expanded part or holder-member Thevalve is indicated at 10, and it is mounted loosely upon boss 6. Theflange 7 is provided with a recess 11 opening upon the chamber d, and afiller or bearing-ring 12 of yielding metallic substance is mountedtherein. The valve is formed as a ring with an inclined wall 9, thisinclination extending inwardly or toward the handle 9;. and inoperation, when the handle is rotated in one direction, the valve whichmay be said to be of cgnical-shape, may be pressed firmly upon its seat.

While the stem 8 may be rotated in either direction for opening orclosing the valve, said valve when in engagement with its seat 12 willnot rotate, andon this account the seat will not become worn to anyappreciable extent. The valve, preferably, is constructed of hard metal,and its contact with the soft metal forming its seat will preventdripping or leakage from the recepta'cl-e. Also flange 7 is formedoutwardlytapcred, and its walls are disposed at an angle to therectangular wall of the gasket, this bearing being of advantage toprevent leakage.

At 13 is indicated a holder or screw cap having a threaded connectionwith the valve, and its construction is such that, when mounted uponvalve 10 it will not make conslxipmsnt is ma dc. and which maythereafter be conveniently mounted upon the receptact with theprojection f of the valve stem, and therefore will not operate to causea "tor first rotates the valve stem in a manner At 14 is indicated alock-nut adapted tobe mounted in the sleeve 5 or to be removed therefromwhen the parts are to be reversed. When shipping a tank or cask, theoperato move the valve longitudinally upon its seat so that no leakagemay occur, and the .parts will then be disposed as shown in Fig.

-'1, the faucet being within the receptacle;

v and at this time, by use of the lock-nut, one

of the inclined faces of the flange may be firmly pressed against thegasket to prevent leakage. Since the faucet will be disposed within thereceptacle it will not be obtrusive and will be protected from injury.The diameter or bore of sleeve 5 is sufficient to permit the faucet andhandle 9 to be moved therethrough. To reverse the parts so that theliquid contents of the receptacle maybe withdrawn, the lock-nut is firstremoved, and after the faucet is reversed the lock-nut may he used foreffecting a pressure of the flange against the gasket, as shown in Fig.2.

When the handle is rotated to open the valve, the valve stem, by reasonof its thread- 1 ed connection k with the cylinder or body of the faucetwill be moved forwardly until the projection f engages the screw-cap,and any further forward movement of the valvestem will move the valve'from its seat.

At 15 is indicated any suitable packing within cap 1&6 threaded upon andto prevent leakage from the terminal of the body of. the fauoetwhile theliquid is passing through discharge port 17.

By reference to the drawing it will be seen that, the parts are few. andmay be conveniently manufactured. To assemble the parts, the valve maybe disposed upon the boss 0 after the handle 9 has been removed, and maybe secured thereon by the screwcap 13, the valve-stem being held withinthe body of the faucet by means of its threaded connection It with saidbody.

The device provides a very desirable article for the purposes described,leakage whether used as a plug or faucet being wholly prevented, andthis is an important feature in the handling or shipments of oil orother liquids.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is, v I I In a combined bung and reversible faucet forcasks, a sleeve having an 'interiorly threaded part disposed exteriorlyof the cask and having a transverse bearing wall in wardly of saidthreaded part, a faucet consisting of a casing provided with a coneshaped valve seat at its junction with said flange, a valve stemthreaded in the casing provided with a handle at one of its terminals,its opposite terminal being provided with a cylindrical boss with anannular projection, a ring valve mounted inwardly of said annularprojection upon the boss of said valve stem and having an interiorlythreaded part, a cap engaging the interiorly threaded part of said valveto provide a recess intermediate its inner wall and the annularprojection of the boss of the valve stem, said annular outwardly taperedflange of the faucet being adapted to be disposed centrally with itstapered flange lying inwardly of and adjacent to the interiorly threadedpartv of the sleeve, and a lock nut adapted towork in the interiorlythreaded part of the sleeve for pressing an annular part of the taperedflange against the transverse hearing wall of the sleeve while saidfaucet 1s disposed interiorly of the cask, said lock nut also beingadapted to work in the interiorly threaded part of the sleeve forpressing an annular part of the tapered flangeagainst the transversebearing wall of the sleeve while the faucet is disposed X- teriorly ofthe cask.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN E. HOWELL. M, WILLIAM H. HOWELL.

